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 form (4.2.0+git20170914-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upstream release.
   * Drop all debian/patches.
   * Bump debian/compat level to 10.
   * debian/control: Build-Depends extended.
   * Bump standards version to 4.0.0.
Author: Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>

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Last-Update: 2017-09-22

--- form-4.2.0+git20170914.orig/configure.ac
+++ form-4.2.0+git20170914/configure.ac
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ m4_define([FORM_VERSION], m4_esyscmd_s([
 				echo "$major_version.$minor_version" >.version
 				echo "#define REPO_MAJOR_VERSION $major_version"  >sources/version.h.in
 				echo "#define REPO_MINOR_VERSION $minor_version" >>sources/version.h.in
-				echo "\\def\\repomajorversion{$major_version}"  >doc/manual/version.tex.in
-				echo "\\def\\repominorversion{$minor_version}" >>doc/manual/version.tex.in
+				echo '\\def\\repomajorversion'"{$major_version}"  >doc/manual/version.tex.in
+				echo '\\def\\repominorversion'"{$minor_version}" >>doc/manual/version.tex.in
 				cp doc/manual/version.tex.in doc/devref/version.tex.in
 			fi
 			cat <<END >&2
